Note: There are two additional tax districts that apply to some areas geographically within Los Angeles. Instead of the rates shown for the Los Angeles County tax region above, the following tax rates apply to these specific areas:

The Los Angeles County sales tax has been changed within the last year. It was raised 0.25% from 9.25% to 9.50% in October 2017, raised 0.5% from 8.75% to 9.25% in July 2017, raised 0.25% from 9.25% to 9.50% in October 2017, raised 0.25% from 9.75% to 10.00% in October 2017 and raised 0.5% from 9.25% to 9.75% in July 2017. Click here to find other recent sales tax rate changes in California.

There are approximately 1,581,784 people living in the Los Angeles area.
Remember that zip code boundaries don't always match up with political boundaries (like Los Angeles or Los Angeles County), so you shouldn't always rely on something as imprecise as zip codes to determine the sales tax rates at a given address.

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